GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGE
The following project was an international competition for DC Water in Washington, DC. My role was deputy project manager on our team of landscape architecture and civil engineer professionals, where I was very involved throughout the two phase process of design development, site and construction drawings, cost estimation, project narrative, proposal package and presentation. We proposed a Symbiotic Streetscape model, which is a synergistic design that dynamically integrates green infrastructure and manages stormwater in urban streetscapes. A fusion of bio-filter zones, permeable landscapes, and low
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impact development technologies develop a complex, yet flexible stormwater management system. The concept could be retrofitted into any streetscape, as it is modified to work around areas with low utility and mature tree congestion and be located in significant drainage areas. Our team won a finalist position for the streetscape category in the first phase of the two phase competition that spanned over a year.
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DC WATER HEADQUARTERS The new headquarters site for DC Water was a multidisciplinary Design/Build Team collaborative effort, in which were shortlisted in the final three. Our design was a world class facility that would achieve LEED Platinum credentials with innovative LID technologies and site design. I contributed to the concept development, design of the site with corresponding drawings and the narrative section on the site design. The proposed site design was an integrative, multifaceted waterscape that functions as a holistic stormwater management and green infrastructure system with the incorporation of terraces of water process and demonstration gardens which was educational and built up the flood protection along with the floating habitats in the adjacent Anacostia River. Another key feature was a reflective pool dually functioning as a rainwater harvesting system that sweeps dramatically around the south faรงade of the Raindrop building creating a play of light and shadow on the curved faรงade.
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This was a proposal for an international ideas competition of reconnecting people to nature and highlighting the positive relationship between humanity and the natural environment through educational and recreational design elements. The site is Omneberget in the High Coast, Kvarken Archipelago in Sweden which is a UNESCO world heritage site. In response to the site’s continuous post-glacial rebound, the proposed concept is an informative viewpoint whose structure is built around the physical representation of local geological and human history.
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SUPPLY BUILDING 2 DEMO LANDSCAPE The proposed site demolition of this previous 1977 Estuary Wastewater Treatment plant converted into a warehouse building, Supply Building 2, involved the redevelopment and preparation of the site to create an efficient Green Parking Lot on DC Water’s Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant. Phases of Demolition, Erosion and Sediment Control, Stormwater Managment, Site Utilities to be reconstructed, relocated, or maintained, Utility details, Traffic Control, and Landscape Plans were developed to address a sustainable, stormwater management solution for the degraded site.
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KENILWORTH PARK Since 2012 Kenilworth Park below the Aquatic Gardens in Northeast Washington, D.C. has been a prime location to develop a sports masterplan which would include state of the art baseball and soccer fields, a basketball practice facility for the Wizards NBA team, and Wimbeldon style tennis courts for the DC universities to practice and compete at. Feasibility and environmental studies have been done to see if the current site could accommodate the proposed purposes, particularly
Existing Utility Plan with contaminated and unstable soils in areas and its past uses as a landfill site and a municipal solid waste landfill where remedial action is required. The site is part of a larger regional greenspace/greenways initiative that would support the Anacostia Watershed Restoration Partnership and has potential to be an asset to the surrounding community.
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CLEARVIEW PARK GOLF COURSE This is the site of my final masters project in the New York City borough of Queens. It is in the heart of the east side and the largest green space, at 45 ha., in Queens with great potential to kickstart a domino effect that will integrate cohesively with Queens’ west side. There is a prominent need for the site to become more of a community space flexible with the core golf course environment - which is the challenge. As Clearview Park Golf Course is classified by the city as a park, it is far from accessible to the public and now needs to transition into a park and urban golf model that benefits a broader range of people in the immediate communities .
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The main objective was to transition the public 18-hole golf course into a compact 9-hole model, more appropriate for a dense urban environment, which efficiently integrates within a flexible multi-functional park reflecting a renewed sense of place and identity in sync with the diverse surrounding Queens community. This model would give the community more access to the mass green space and would essentially become a bustling hub of activity with the multiple sports and environments introduced. Multi-use green spaces which are accessible to the masses are vital to the success of cities and people’s health.
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CLEARVIEW PARK CONTINUED The proposed model of a compact 9 hole layout with a nature trail meandering through and greenway circulating it utilizes 10 of the existing holes with a redesign which enhances the golfing and outdoor experience. By strengthening existing habitats of woodlands to link with meadow and native marsh habitats, we create a robust urban park that is a biodiverse, ecological benefit to the city. The unused half of the golf course would be repurposed for other activities as a community center with a rooftop farm, plaza for performances and markets, orchard, skatepark, tennis, basketball, bocce, various gardens, open fields for soccer and lounging - effectively becoming a social treasure to the community.
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WAVERLY PLAZA Waverly Plaza is a lost space in Edinburgh, Scotland that is cornered by the hustle and bustle of Princes Street and Waverly Train Station, bordering the Old Town and the New Town with no clear identity. The space was a team project in collaboration with architect and urban design students. We developed our design based on thorough studies and analyses of Gordon Cullen’s serial vision, cognitive and intuitive approaches, Kevin Lynch’s imageability, and local integration maps.
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SAUNDERS STREET The open space off Saunders Street in the Stockbridge neighborhood was a project for a landscape construction design module. The proposed design addressed the need to provide a welcoming and functional green space within this charming area in Edinburgh. Corten steel and teak wood were the main materials for the featured water walls and ground seating under the existing trees. The pavement was designed in a bold ripple pattern with different shades of exposed aggregate concrete to define various rings. The diverse mix of hard materials and additional plantings aimed to create an environment which felt safe and would draw residents in to engage within the space to hold community activities.
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Canary Wharf LI Competition The Canary Wharf Landscape Architecture Competition was a student competition held by the UK’s Landscape Institute in search of a design for the vacant Wood Wharf to be a flexible event space for the London Olympics 2012. In collaboration with two classmates during term
time, we successfully created a movable and sustainable design solution, with the key element of docking pallets inspired by the wharf’s shipping history. We were awarded Special Mention out of over 200 submissions across the UK.
Applecross - Torridon Planning & Rural Study A rural study team project of the Applecross and Torridon area in the Highlands of Scotland. Through research, landscape analysis, and character assessments, strategic afforestation solutions were developed to enhance and strengthen the existing nature of the site. We developed landscape planning guidelines for 32 areas of various landscape characters such as mountain/slopes, valleys, exposed and shielded coastal lochs, plateaus, and
moorlands. The general objective was to strengthen the existing fragmented woodland habitat to create a functional woodland corridor network that efficiently connects with the woodland habitat network in the wider context.
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